Peter Eastgate Becomes Youngest WSOP Main Event Champion

A 22-year-old Danish poker professional won the World Series of Poker early Tuesday, turning a wheel straight on the last hand to become the youngest champion in the history of the no-limit Texas Hold ‘em main event.
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WSOP Final Table November 9 Date Draws Near

The 39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event saw an increased field of 6844 hit the felt for the first days play in the 2008 WSOP Main Event.

After 12 days of high pressure poker, by the 15th of July those 6844 had whittled down to just 9, who have now become known as the November Nine, the nine poker players left to vy for the title of WSOP Champion at the WSOP Final Table.

This year a total of 6,844 players made their way to the Amazon Room at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas in pursuit of the championship and the $9 million first place prize and for the first time the Final Table has been delayed to allow live broadcast of the WSOP Main Event Final Table.

Each of the November Nine players who made it to the WSOP Main Event Final Table have received ninth place prize money on July 15th, when the final table was determined and each of those players with an all expense paid trip for two for their return to Las Vegas in November to play the final portion of the tournament.

On November 9th, 2008, the following those nine players will return with 21 minutes and 50 seconds left in level 33 and the Ultimate winner taking home over $9.1 Million.

Final Table Payouts

• 1st $9,119,517
• 2nd $5,790,024
• 3rd $4,503,352
• 4th $3,763,515
• 5th $3,088,012
• 6th $2,412,510
• 7th $1,769,174
• 8th $1,286,672
• 9th $900,670

Unfortunately, this year there’ll be no famous calls of “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie”; but the November Nine are a diverse group of players that include no fewer than four countries including a Russian, a Dane, two Canadians and five Americans. There’s also a chess player, a salesmen, a college student as well the usual collection of professional poker players.

Salesman, Dennis Phillips who will carry the chip lead for 117 days until they resume play. Phillips, who plays tournaments at his local casino 3-4 nights per week, ended the last night of play with 26,295,000 which is good enough to put him 1,895,000 ahead of Russia’s, Ivan Demidov who finished with 24,400,000. Here are the official chip counts and seating assignments for the 2008 November Nine :

WSOP Final Table Chip Counts & Seating Assignment

• Seat 1: Dennis Phillips - 26,295,000
• Seat 2: Craig Marquis - 10,210,000
• Seat 3: Ylon Schwartz - 12,525,000
• Seat 4: Scott Montgomery - 19,690,000
• Seat 5: Darus Suharto - 12,520,000
• Seat 6: David ‘Chino’ Rheem - 10,230,000
• Seat 7: Ivan Demidov - 24,400,000
• Seat 8: Kelly Kim - 2,620,000
• Seat 9: Peter Eastgate - 18,375,000

When the WSOP Final Table resumes the blinds will be at 150,000 / 300,000 with a 40,000 ante and given the siz eof the chip stacks with even the shortest at around 30 big blinds, there’ll be planty of chance for every player to make their mark.

At Oz Poker, we’ll be profiling each player and listing their successes in the run up to November Nine and Sportsbet are offering a market on the final table with Dennis Phillips and Ivan Demidov equal favourites at $5.00 and Kelly Kim the longest runner at $26.00.

Sportsbet offer all our readers a free $50 WSOP bet, so there’s really no excuse not to ante up on your favourite player and have an interest as we wait for the November Nine show.

WSOP Europe Scheule Released

The 2008 WSOP Europe will be hosted by London Clubs International (LCI) and held at the ultra-prestigious Casino at the Empire.

With the U.S. American version of the WSOP stalled and waiting for the November 9th final table to be played, the WSOP-E is ready to take center stage.

Set to begin on September 19th, this year’s WSOP Europe will have four bracelet events.

They are:

• Sept 19 - Event #1: £1,500 - No-Limit Hold’em
• Sept 22 - Event #2: £2,500 - H.O.R.S.E.
• Sept 24 - Event #3: £5,000 - Pot Limit Omaha
• Sept 27 - Event #4: £10,000 - Main Event

Betfair, the 2008 WSOP Europe major sponsors, are currently running satellites to all these events.

Big Week In Live Poker Kicks Off Tomorrow In Australia

Aussie Millions Begins Tomorrow

Live poker in 2008 kicks off with a bang with no less than four major live events set to start tomorrow. The Aussie Millions Poker Championship, World Poker Open, World Series of Poker Tunica, and PokerStars .com Caribbean Adventure all begin this week, with the Aussie Millions being the tournament the poker world will be focussed on. Read more

Just Three Oz Poker Aussie Millions Freerolls Left

Last Chance Freerolls

As well as the satellites at PokerStars, Pacific Poker and Titan Poker; there are just a few of our exclusive Aussie Millions freerolls left. Read more

Aussie Millions Super Satellites At Titan Poker

Three Satellites Left At Titan Poker

Titan Poker have been runnnig an Aussie Millions Super Satellite every Saturday morning at 7:30am AEST. They have three left to run on December 22nd, December 29th and an Absolute last chance game on January 5th AEST. Read more

Aussie Millions Qualifier At Pacific Poker This Sunday

Last Chances At Pacific Poker For Your Aussie Millions Main Event Seat Online

This is another online Aussie Millions satellite toward the 2008 main event, this time at Pacific Poker. Read more

Aussie Millions Satellites Online

Its Not Too Late To Qualify For Your Aussie Millions Main Event Seat Online

Today we’ll be going though all the available Aussie Millions satellites online. In January 2008 the best players from around the world will converge on Crown Poker in Melbourne, Australia for the 2008 Aussie Millions Poker Championships. This main event this year will be run a $10,500 buy in and one of the most saught after titles on the global poker calendar. Read more

Penrith School Teacher Hands Out A Lesson

Penrith Poker Player Wins Sydney APPT Final

A 28-year-old teacher from Penrith is one million dollars richer this week after being crowned the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour champion following a major tournament at Sydney’s Star City Casino. Read more

Keep Up To Date With All The Major Live Poker Tournaments

Oz Poker Launches Live Poker Tournament Watch

Think you’re well ahead of the game ? Like to start playing something a bit more serious than a $50 freeroll ?

Well now you can find all the latest major live poker tournaments from around the globe on one handy page.

Oz Poker’s Live Tournament Watch lists all the major upcoming live poker tournaments from around the world. Read more